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From sage/rings/multi_power_series_ring_element.py
(I added the warning/todo in #14814):
def is_nilpotent(self):
"""
Return ``True`` if ``self`` is nilpotent. This occurs if
- ``self`` has finite precision and positive valuation, or
- ``self`` is constant and nilpotent in base ring.
Otherwise, return ``False``.
.. WARNING::
This is so far just a sufficient condition, so don't trust
a ``False`` output to be legit!
.. TODO::
What should we do about this method? Is nilpotency of a
power series even decidable (assuming a nilpotency oracle
in the base ring)? And I am not sure that returning
``True`` just because the series has finite precision and
zero constant term is a good idea.
How shall we fix this?
Notice that is_nilpotent
is NotImplemented for univariate power series. Maybe we can just follow that example -- or does something rely on this method?
Depends on #14814
CC: @hivert @fchapoton @nthiery @sagetrac-jakobkroeker
Component: algebra
Keywords: multivariate power series, rings, nilpotent
Issue created by migration from https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/15411